Wisconsin Law Journal:
Making the decision and really committing to it could be the most important issues for a lawyer when starting a private practice.
There are practical considerations – budget, location, billing – but making that initial decision could be the biggest, said Deborah A. Blommer, who taught a course at Marquette University Law School on [...]

Success Magazine:
Teaching your children about money gives them a lifelong legacy. “The more control we have over our money, the less control it will have over you,” says financial expert Sharon Lechter, member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, author and founder of Youthpreneur, an organization that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit in kids. [...]

Murfreesboro Post:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mid-South Healthcare Network (VISN 9) and the University of Tennessee Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), along with the Tennessee Small Business Development Center are sponsoring “Doing Business with the Veterans Administration and other Federal Agencies.”
The seminar is scheduled for Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. – noon at [...]

Forbes.com:
By age 16, Doherty left school (with his parents’ blessing) to work on his jams full time. In early 2007, Waitrose, a high-end supermarket in the U.K., approached Doherty, hoping to sell his Superjam products in their stores. Within months there were Superjam jars on the shelves of 184 Waitrose stores, hoisting Doherty and his [...]

bizthreads.net:
If you’re a small business owner, you have probably had to choose at least one vendor. Some make the mistake of selecting the first vendor that they talk to while others always go for the lowest price.
There are other factors to consider, however, and choosing the best vendors can prove to be vital to the [...]

PC World Canada:
Find an Affordable Web Host
The Web site for your new business has to reside somewhere. How do you pick a Web host that won’t leave you high and dry?
Most hosting plans for small companies offer similar features: basically unlimited storage space, support for common databases and publishing systems, and anywhere from a few [...]

Forbes.com:
Legal fees are a cost of doing business. While the Web has made it easy to do some of the very mundane work on your own (say, filing for incorporation or ginning up a bare-bones operating contract), do-it-yourself lawyering has huge limitations.
The trick is finding and hiring the best, most trustworthy professional help for the [...]

Entrepreneur.com:
Under U.S. law, three primary types of drawback are allowed: unused, manufacturing and rejected merchandise drawback:
*Unused merchandise drawback — Merchandise that’s imported or substituted for commercially interchangeable merchandise and exported without being used for its intended purpose in the U.S. is eligible for this drawback. Even if the imported or substituted merchandise undergoes certain [...]

Entrepreneur.com:
The web has revolutionized nearly every aspect of human endeavor. The cliché goes that you can do everything from diagnosing medical aliments to investigating your genealogy while sitting at home in your underwear. This is equally true for entrepreneurs, who can perform virtually all of their business activities online.
Using the web can save considerable time [...]

The Closet Entrepreneur:
* Check out the interest rate and understand what you’re getting after any great introductory offers expire.
* Figure out how much you can afford to pay for all expenses each month and understand the worst-case scenario if business becomes slow.
* Read all the fine print and understand the consequences of what happens when [...]

Business:Entrepreneur Articles:
Selling affiliate products is a great way to start a new online business. It’s free to get started and you can begin making money right away! But there are some pitfalls along the way. One of the biggest problems in the affiliate marketing area is theft. It is estimated that the average marketer experiences [...]

Fresh New Small Business Ideas:
Property management is a business that is regulated and requires a real estate license in many states. This first step requirement means that the potential buyer of an existing business would need to be qualified to run the business. They would also need to meet the same requirements to start one [...]

Entrepreneur.com:
* Assess your brand promise. Your brand is your promise to your customer. It tells them what they can expect from your products and services, and it differentiates your offering from your competitor’s. Your brand is derived from who you are, who you want to be and who people perceive you to be. Your brand [...]

BusinessKnowHow:
Business and trade magazines that cover your field are essential reading. They’ll alert you to industry trends and issues, regulatory changes, sources of supplies or new products, news about your competitors, demographic data, news of upcoming trade shows and statistics on salaries being paid in the industry and a wealth of other information that is [...]

CNNMoney.com:
Prune coverage on old cars - Once your vehicle is worth less than 10 times what you pay each year to insure it, get rid of comprehensive and collision. Find your car’s estimated value at kbb.com.
Raise your deductible - The point of car insurance is to protect you from catastrophic costs (your emergency fund [...]

AchievementRadio:
A business school in a box is definitely the quickest, easiest and most reliable way to learn how to start a home based business. If you want to access the very best small business knowledge center money can buy and successfully operate your home based small business, then you should avoid investing in traditional business [...]

World Village:
An antique car can be a beautiful thing to share, especially if you are someone that takes them to shows for all to see; no serious owner would ever fail to insure this prized possession. With such interest in old cars you will not be surprised to learn there are antique car insurance companies [...]

HomeBizTools:
Register Your Business Name - Your business name must be registered if it is something other than your full legal name. This is a way of informing the public that you will be doing business as (DBA) an assumed, or ‘fictitious’ name.
Some states require a notice be published in the local newspaper. The details of [...]

SmallBusiness.co.uk:
A solicitor can come in useful for many aspects of your business. But there are a range of different types of law and solicitors who specialise in certain areas, so finding the right one to meet your particular needs is important. And it needn’t cost the earth.
When to use one
If you are in doubt over [...]

Killer Startups:
Whether you are an Internet entrepreneur or investor, determining the profitability of a website will be much easier with Bizak.com, a site that computes the valuation and profitability of Internet startups.
The data calculated for each startup includes revenues per visitor, costs per visitor, earnings (profit/loss), earnings per visitor, and valuation. Bizak is currently [...]